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- Haemophilus influenzae
- chocolate agar
- factor V (NAD+)
- factor X (hematin, a precursor of hemin)
- chocolate agar
- Meningiococci & Gonococci (Neisseria )
- Thayer-Martin (VPN) media
- selects for N. gonorrhoeae growth only
- Vancomycin
- inhibits gram-positive organisms
- Polymyxin(colistin)& Trimethoprim
- inhibits gram-negative organisms
- Nystatin
- inhibits fungi
- Vancomycin
- Mnemonic>> Very Typically Culture Neisseria (these for drugs used in culture)
- also>>VPN>> Vancomycin , Polymyxin , Nystatin
- Mycoplasma pnemoniae
- EAton agar
- cholesterol
- Salt
- Staphylococcus aureus can grow in high levels of salt
- Vibrio spp. requires NaCl to grow and grows in 6.5% NaCl
- Enterococci (group D streptococci) grows in 6.5% NaCl
- differentiates from non-enterococcal group D strepococci (S. bovis)
- Bile
- group D streptococci can grow in bile (both Streptococcus bovis and Enterococci)
- Klebsiella can grow in bile
- Mycobacterium tuberculosis
- Löwenstein-Jensen agar
- Mycoplasma pneumoniae
- Eaton‘s agar >> require cholesterol
- Mycoplasma must be given a long time to grow
- Bordetella pertussis
- Regan-Lowe medium >> contains blood, charcoal and antibiotic.
- Bordet-Gengou (potato) agar
- “BORDETella”
- Corynebacterium diphtheriae
- Tellurite agar
- Löffler’s media
- Fungi
- Sabouraud’s agar
- Mnemonic>>SAB’s a FUN GUY
- fungi causing systemic infections must be given a long time to grow!
- e.g. Blastomyces, Histoplasma, Coccidioides
- Legionella
- charcoal yeast extract agar with cysteine and iron
- Lactose-fermenting enterics
- MacConkey’s agar
- pink colonies
- due to acid production by fermentation
- contains bile to inhibit growth of unwanted organisms
- EMB agar {eosin-methylene blue}
- also used to differentiate lactose-fermenting bacteria
- Escherichia coli appears with metallic green sheen
- MacConkey’s agar
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Really helpful Flash card to test you after you finish study this segment from First Aid 2016 for step 1 USMLE.(Page111)